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Re: Our pernicious legal system From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Wed Jul 20 12:29:21 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Dr Eberhard W Lisse: "Re: Our pernicious legal system" Previous message: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: Our pernicious legal system" In reply to: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: Our pernicious legal system" Next in thread: Dr Eberhard W Lisse: "Re: Our pernicious legal system" Did the New York Times offer her a scholarship? art At Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Anna Meenan, MD wrote: > >Yes, I know this is an old thread, but I stumbled across this story >again while reading the Edwatch page on the Common Good website and >thought you might be interested in hearing "the rest of the story". >Turns out this girl who collected 60 G's to compensate her for the >"trauma" of not being the only valedictorian, had been accepted by >Harvard, but they dumped her, not because of the lawsuit, but because >they discovered that she had PLAGIARIZED an article she wrote in her >local paper. If any of you want to read a really long but interesting >article about the whole valedictorian thing, check this out: > >http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/050606fa_fact > >-- >Anna Meenan, MD (It's pouring rain here in drought-stricken Illinois) > >At Sat, 4 Jun 2005, David A. Rivera, MD wrote: >> >>For our foreign colleagues who express shock and horror at our legal >>system... >> >>Graduate who sued to be her school’s sole valedictorian has settled her >>lawsuit >> >>Tom Hutton >>Legal Clips, August 2003 >> >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>The New Jersey high school graduate who sued to be her school’s sole >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>valedictorian has settled her lawsuit against Moorestown School >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>-- >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>District, for $60,000. She had sought $2.7 million. Because Blair >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>Hornstine suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome, the district allowed >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>her to skip gym classes and take more heavily weighted honors courses, >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>at home. When she earned the highest grade point average, the >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>superintendent wanted to name multiple valedictorians. Many questioned >>her disability and suspected her father, a judge, of manipulating the >>technicalities of special education law to give his daughter an edge. A >>federal court disagreed, finding that she earned her distinction “in >>spite of, not because of, her disability.” School board president Cyndy >>Wulfsberg said, “The board continues to maintain that [the district’s] >>actions were appropriate and in the best interests of all students, >>including Ms. Hornstine.” Officials and students expressed a desire to >>move on. >> >>------------------------------------------- >>The only thing more surprising than the suit is the fact there was some >>------------------------------------------- >>------------------------------------------- >>------------------------------------------- >>------------------------------------------- >>------------------------------------------- >>------------------------------------------- >>idiot lawyer willing to take it. >>------------------------------------------- >> >>------------------------------------------- >>------------------------------------------- >>-- >>------------------------------------------- >>DAR >>------------------------------------------- >> >>------------------------------------------- -- art fougner, md "If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else." 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